Safe-deposit box



'Patented Mar, 5, llQ.'

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EZRA. FLOYD AMES; 0F PORTLAND, OREGON.

SAFE-DEPOSIT BOX.

Application filed October 29, 1927. Serial lTo. 229,690.

My invention relates to .safe deposit boxes installed in vaults.

Since the space allotted to each box is ree strieted, the boxes are formed long and narrow and are fitted snugly iiitotheir respective compartments. y A

The individual doors with which each compartment is provided are relatively thick and the housing of the lock is fixed to the inside of the door and extends into the compartment, necessitating that the compartment be constructed deep enough to allow the box to be inserted therein far enough back` to clear the door when itis closed.

Because of this construction, when the door of thev compartment is opened, it is inconvenient and diiiic-ult to reach the box and withdraw it from its compartment with the hand, so that the attendant frequently has to use a hook-like implement to aid him in the pulling out of the box. Y

Therefore, the principal object of my invention is to provide simple and eiiicient means to cause the projection of the safe der posit box beyond the front wall of the vault simultaneously with the opening of the door of the compartment so that the safe-deposit box may be easily and conveniently grasped and withdrawn with the hand by its owner.

Another object of kmy invention is to provide simple and eficient means for accomplishing the above stated object which may be installed in large vvaults at aY relatively lowcost. v v Y i I attain my objects in the combination with a safe-deposit box and the door of its compartment of means adapted to cause themovement of the box out of its compartment to follow automaticallywith the opening of the door of they compartment, so that the box will project outward of the front wall vof the compartment when said door has been opened.

Said means is further adapted to return the box back in its compartment with the closing of the door.

The foregoing and other incidental features, as well as the. details of construction and operation of my invention are hereinafter fully described with reference to the accomlpanying drawings:

Fig. l shows a fragmentary front elevation of a number of safe deposit box compartments, showing oneof the doors half open, disclosing the safe deposit box therein, and

illustrates the operation of my invention, the j door being shown in a transverse section;

Fig. 2 shows a section'talren on the line 2*-2 ofFig. l, and illustrates the details of construction and relative arrangement of my invention when installed on a safe deposit box;

Fig. 3 shows a fragmentary enlarged seoltion taken similarly/ to F ig. 2, exceptfthat the door is partly open and the safe deposit box is being moved outwardly; j

Fig. i shows a section taken similarly to FW l ex ept that the safe deposit box. has

x ab. e),

vbeen moved to project beyond the front wall of the compartment;

F 5 shows a section taken on the line'l 5-5 of Figr, and illustratesfurther details of construction;- i

Fig. shows j an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of the spring lever provided on the front ofthe safe deposit box; j

Fig. 7 shows the spring yarm provided on the. insideof the door of the compartment, which engages with thesaid lever; y Y

Fig. 8 shows a diagrammatic plan section of a'safe deposit box ,compartment andthe box therein, and illustrates a modification of my invention. i

In Figs. l and2 are shown the usual arrangement of a safe deposit partment. i

The compartment a is commonly provided box in its com l structed deeper than the length of the box so that there is a relatively largefspace between the front end oi the box and the door, when the latter is closed.

yihe floor. a of the comparti'nent is pro-f. i

l,vided with a groove iiared at its open end,

and the front end g of the box e, (Figs. 3,

j 4, and 6) Iis provided with a spring controlied lever L fixed on a shaft j, oui'naled in braol.-

ets e' fastened ontliesaid front ofthe box." The end of the shaft j adjacent the hingedl portion of the door is provided witha crank end j and the lever 7L is provided with a centrally arrangedhole h.4

Fastened to the inside of the door adjacent the hinge is provideda U-shaped spring arm the hole 71, andy the'groovef inthe floor of the compartment. Y j v By this constructionvand arrangement when -nsnal construction oi hinges ot this tv the box e is placed in its compartment and the door closed,`tl're lugs m and r/t-on the 'arm e will 'm irom the hole 7L.

Thus the door, as it is opened, moves the box out until it projects beyond the iront wall oi the Lconipaitment, so that the'box may be easily grasped by the hand, and the door being disengagecl therefrom may be opened wide, and the vrboi: removed easily and conveniently.

When the box e is replacd in its compartment and the door closed, thc projection p on the hingi-i will strike Vagaiinst the crank end j Sil Vin the groove f.

and rotate Lthe said crank end and move the spring lever it downward so that the lug m m'ay pass over the said lever and engage in the hole fr", being guided therein bythe lugv n.

tion p will push the boX e back into the coinpartment, assisted by the arm 7calter it has engaged the lever it. The 'box c is again in position to be projected the Ynext time the door is opened.

Referringto Fig. 8, I have shown a modiication of my invention in which a coil spring g isfixedtothe bach wall'of the compartment, and an arm s, provided with a roller t is iXed on the inside of the door, and by this construction when the L'box un is placed in its compartment, the door closed, the roller z5 will push the box back against the spring (I 'and comress it.

lVhen the door isopened the arm s will swing away from the box n; and 'permit the spring which has beencon'ipressed, to ei'- vpand and move the box forward until it pron jects beyond the front wall of the compartment and may be'easily grasped by the hand.

"I claim l. In combination with acompartinent forhousing a safe-deposit bo'X, the door oi the compartment and the box thereincon'tained,

cooperating means carried bv ythe rinner tace Y' of thedoor and ltheir-ont end of the box, respectively, adapted to connect-the'said front end of the box with the door, whereby'tol canse the opening movement of the door to project 2. In combination with aK-compartment for' with the closing oi the door.

Simultaneously, the proj ec-Y housing a safe deposit box, the door of the compartment and the box therein contained, cooperating means carried by the inner face of .the vdoorand the front end ot the box, respectively, adapted to connect the said front end of the boX with the door.r whereby to cause the opening movement of the door to'project the said box from its compartment, said .connecting means being further adapted to release autoriaticallythemselves when the said door is swung fully open, and to Jeifeet the return of the box back in it. said compartment engagement of said cooperating nie-ans, and the return ot' the box'baolr rn its said compartmentvwith the closing of the door.

4. combination wi n a :compartment housing a safe deposit bon, the door of he said compartment, the hinge oi'the door, and the bon contained 'in 'the Vsaid Ecompaint-nient", a

spring' controlled arm mounted on vthe inner face of said door, and a spring controlled lever mounted `on the front end ot vsaid lbei, engaging means provided 'on saidarm ai d said lever, whereby the said'bozr will be projected and returnedasthessaid door is opened and closed. l y

5. 1n combination with a compantment housing/a sate vdeposit box, the door ='oi` fthe l said;compartiment, the hinge ofthe door, and

the box contained in the said compartmenhv'a U-shaped sp' controlled arm mounted' on the inner t' arm being` provided with logs, .a crank-sha'f t transversely ljournv-led on the iifont end oit' said box, a; spring controlled lever fixed on said crank sha'ft, adapted to 'be engaged by one'of said lugs ot the said aifin,tlie Hoor Vot said compartment being provided withfalonofsaidlugs bears .inone -position of the said door, whereby as the door yis opened :and closed, the hinge of the door will strike and rotate the said crank-'shaft and cause the said arm to engage with and'release from thezsaid lever, andtherebyproject the said box from, and return the same to its compartment.

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rac-e ot said door, the ends ot said ',Q'itudinalguiding groove, in `which-theother i 

